The non-profit Threadhead Cultural Foundation and its affiliated Threadhead Records, founded by fans of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, have facilitated the creation of nearly 50 albums by New Orleans acts. It makes sense, then, that the Threadhead organization's major fundraiser amounts to an extra day at one of Jazz Fest's local stages.

On April 29 -- the Tuesday between the two weekends of the 2014 Jazz Fest - the 10th annual "Threadhead Patry" takes over the Old Ironworks at 612 Piety St. in Bywater from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Scheduled performers for the "Patry" - it's a "patry" rather than a "party" because of an early typo that became permanent -- include John Boutté and Paul Sanchez, Billy Iuso & the Restless Natives, Chris Mulé & the Perpetrators, the Rebirth Brass Band, the New Orleans Suspects and Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen.

Food by Zatarains, boiled crawfish by Carlton's Crawfish, beer by Abita beer, Bin 504 Wine, Old New Orleans Rum drinks, soft drinks and water are included in the ticket price.

To put the ticket price in perspective, it is $5 more than a Jazz Fest ticket purchased at the gate - but also includes food and drink.

The Threadheads first launched a record label in 2007 to help Sanchez and Boutte make an album. The volunteer-run non-profit has since worked with dozens of artists, loaning them money, raised through the organization's membership and from the musicians' fans, for recordings. Once the loan is repaid, the act owns its master recording.

The Threadhead Cultural Foundation, which the April 29 event benefits, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that awards grants and assistance to musicians and artists whose work promotes the cultural heritage of New Orleans.